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My 10 yr old daughter wants to make some treats that she can bag up for gifts to give family at Christmas... I can only think of truffles. Any suggestions/recipes for something else?
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I saw this on another forum, it'd be cheap as chops to make.
"Teddy another is rum truffles... cheap but FABtastic
This will sound disgusting, but it works really well.
Any old cheap chocolate swiss roll (39 p Aldi/Lidl/Tesco etc) mash it all up in a bowl with melted chocolate, bit of rum or brandy and cream.
Roll into litle balls and dust with cocoa powder.
Believe me it works and wrapped in little tissue paper parcels, or shiny paper, the results are fab "
They sound nice, but the might be cack, cheap enough to try out though.
"Teddy another is rum truffles... cheap but FABtastic
This will sound disgusting, but it works really well.
Any old cheap chocolate swiss roll (39 p Aldi/Lidl/Tesco etc) mash it all up in a bowl with melted chocolate, bit of rum or brandy and cream.
Roll into litle balls and dust with cocoa powder.
Believe me it works and wrapped in little tissue paper parcels, or shiny paper, the results are fab "
They sound nice, but the might be cack, cheap enough to try out though.
cake pops? you can bake soft cookies and push a stick into them while they are still hot and soft. The cookies have to be thick and small. If you make shortbread type biscuits and cut a hole in the middle, you can fill the hole with crushed fruit drops to make a stained glass window cookie. Go and search pinterst for christmas treats, there are THOUSANDS of recipes!
If you buy ready-made royal icing, or if you make your own, peppermint creams are easy, and you can easily half-dip them in chocolate to make them look really professional. get a stiff icing mixture, add a few drops of oil of peppermint ( Not the same as peppermint essence - essence will soften the mix too much )
Knead well, divide mass into two, add green colour to one, knead. Roll out the icing mixture, between sheets of bakewell paper or polythene, and cut circles - I use the top of a little pot of spice. When the circles have dried in the airing cupboard overnight ( on trays lined with greaseproof) melt some chocolate gently in the microwave and half-dip each sweet. Lay them back on the same trays for the choc to set.
Knead well, divide mass into two, add green colour to one, knead. Roll out the icing mixture, between sheets of bakewell paper or polythene, and cut circles - I use the top of a little pot of spice. When the circles have dried in the airing cupboard overnight ( on trays lined with greaseproof) melt some chocolate gently in the microwave and half-dip each sweet. Lay them back on the same trays for the choc to set.
christmas shaped cutter are cheapo and make peppermint creams look super posh. If you are doing the chocolate dip, sprinkle them with hundreds and thouands, or for mega posh, buy edible glitter. A tiny pot goes a long long way and looks very smart.You get a clean dry paintbrush (watercolour, not house ha ha), dip the brush in the glitter pot then hold it over the unset chocolate and tap. the glitter falls off evenly and it makes it go a long way. You can also use it on wet icing or on the top of brownies straight out of the oven.
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